An 11-year-old quadriplegic girl who weighed only 45 pounds when she was abandoned in the hospital last summer, has led to the arrests of a West Palm Beach couple, police said.
Marcus Karl Brown, 36, and Felisha Annette Slater, 33, were picked up about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday on arrest warrants that were issued in December. They are charged with child neglect causing great bodily harm, court records show.
The child, who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and is mute and blind, was left unsupervised at St. Mary’s Medical Center Aug. 7. Hospital staff said she appeared to be "skin and bones,” according to police.